different between fiddly vs fiddley

English

fiddle +? -y, from the verb.

fiddly (comparative fiddlier, superlative fiddliest)

Requiring dexterity to operate.
The buttons on the tiny mobile phone were too fiddly.
(by extension) Having many small bits or embellishments.
Of or relating to fiddling or fidgeting.
- 2012, Terry Rummins, So, I've Got Parkinson's Disease (page 62)
  I can divide my movements into two types: gross motor and fine motor (in other words, large movements and small, fiddly movements) and, as I have already described, I have far more problems with the latter than the former.
Pertaining to occasional under-the-table work by people who receive unemployment benefits

fiddley (plural fiddleys)

(nautical) The iron framework round the deck opening that leads to the stokehole of a steamer, usually covered by a grating of iron bars.
(nautical) The space below this framework.

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